ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – Elizabethtown College wrestling fell to Division I Franklin & Marshall, 33-9, Wednesday night in Thompson Gymnasium.
With the loss, the Blue Jays fall to 1-1 on the season while the Diplomats win their season opening dual.
In the opening match at 125 sophomore Ethan Liptzin won it in thrilling fashion, scoring a sudden death victory over Elijah Wallace, 10-8, giving the Blue Jays the early 3-0 lead.
F&M would grab back the momentum and the match from Etown, scoring 33 consecutive points before sophomore Dylan Waller earned a win by forfeit to make the final score 33-9.
Elizabethtown gets back to work on Saturday, November 10 at the Racich Rumble Invitational hosted by Ursinus. First matches start at 9 a.m.
125: Ethan Liptzin (EC) defeats Elijah Wallace (FM) 10-8, Sudden Death (EC 3 F&M 0)
133: Pat Phillips (FM) defeats Dominic Rodriguez (EC) 17-2, Tech. Fall (EC 3 F&M 5)
141: Nick Tewel (FM) defeats Zach Rupp (EC) 8-2 (EC 3 F&M 8)
149: Wil Gil (FM) defeats Shane Strausser (EC) 18-3, Tech. Fall (EC 3 F&M 13)
157: Chase McCollum (FM) defeats Luke Moynihan (EC) 10-0, Maj. Dec. (EC 3 F&M 17)
165: Crew Fullerton (FM) defeats Brian Schneider (EC) 8-4 (EC 3 F&M 20)
174: Noah Fox (FM) defeats Traisach Roland (EC) 16-2, Maj. Dec. (EC 3 F&M 24)
184: James Conway (FM) defeats Hunter Beaudet (EC) Fall 1:37 (EC 3 F&M 30)
197: Mike Waszen (FM) defeats Tyler Phenegar (EC) 8-3 (EC 3 F&M 33)
285: Dylan Waller (EC) wins by FF (EC 9 F&M 33)
